Insert images using knitr::include_graphics in a for loop

Question

```{r}
knitr::include_graphics(path = \"~/Desktop/R/Files/apple.jpg/\")
```

The above code chunk works fine. However, when I create a for

Answer 1

This is a known issue knitr include_graphics doesn't work in loop #1260.

A workaround is to generate paths to images within a for loop and cat them. To show final result result = "asis" is required.

```{r, results = "asis"}
fruits <- c("apple", "banana", "grape")
for(i in fruits) {
    cat(paste0("![](", "~/Desktop/R/Files/", i, ".jpg)"), "\n")
}
```

Here each iteration generates markdown path to graphics (eg, "![](~/Desktop/R/Files/apple.jpg)")